UX Engineer / Product Engineer
David Obando Reyes
I turn complex product problems into intuitive, production-ready digital experiences. With nearly 12 years across UX design, product strategy, and product management, I bridge design and engineering to take products from discovery to implementation. I combine deep UX expertise with hands-on development and agentic AI workflows to prototype faster, validate ideas, and ship better products for companies around the world.

12+
Years of experience
6+
Industries
Multi-disciplinary
Product Manager, gamification, and AI product design
Work
Selected product and UX work across edutech, health tech, fintech, gaming, automotive, and AI.

Student engagement experience
- 16%Monthly User Activities
- 30KFeatures into licenses
AI that puts teaching first — less prep time, more classroom engagement, and teachers still in control of generated content.

Verified surgeons. Real results.
- Double checkBefore a surgeon appears
- Stay upClinical before-and-afters
A Colombian directory of verified plastic surgeons, featuring a trusted verification badge, a dedicated space to showcase clinical before-and-after results, and tools to connect surgeons with potential patients.
Bankee
Fintech UX and use-case design for Bankee.

In-game Locker redesign
- ↑ returning usersEngagement
- 5 platformsPlatforms
Redesigned the Fortnite Locker across console, PC, and mobile to improve returning-user engagement.

Turn your to-do list into a thriving reef
Finish real work, get paid in shells, and plant a reef that is still there after the list is clear — on the phone and on a wide screen.

A faster way into battle
- IncreasedScore discoverability
- up to −30%Steps to start playing
An academic UX pass on Pokémon Unite — group the Switch menu so trainers reach Unite Battle faster, and put the score next to the map.

Truckers Networks
- 34%Completion to post a job
- 19%Support tickets to post
Get hired fast — Class A jobs with the four facts that matter, plus a web add-on path so companies can post without a support ticket.

Everglades Safari AR
- DigitizedLibrary experience
- GamifiedOn-site safari
On-site AR safari at Losner Park — visitors discover Everglades and Biscayne Bay species, feed and dance with them, and collect a Biodex.

ComEd AR Chicago Bronzeville
An AR microgrid for Bronzeville — students place a city on the ground, add renewables, and connect the grid to learn climate and energy.

Sympt
A mobile path from symptoms to a doctor — scan possible causes, chat or video in, and get a prescription without the hospital wait.

Budgee
Financial health in one place — wallets, budgets, savings, and a clear view of what is left this month.

Digital disbursements
A loan-desk app so MiBanco can place microloans digitally in less than a day — instead of a 2–3 day branch visit.

One membership, hundreds of gyms
A monthly membership that opens hundreds of gyms across Latin America — nearby search, one payment, and a meal wiki for the road.

All-in-one car maintenance
- +7.5%Retention
- ~1 hour / dayTime saved
A marketplace that puts car owners and repair shops in one place — reminders, a map, a booking, and a shop desk.
Skills
Craft, product, research, AI, and games — tap a skill to learn how it shows up in my work.
UX Research
Product
Design Craft
AI & Eng
Games
Experience
Product and UX roles across fintech, learning, games, and automotive.
Senior Product Designer
Hibrids
- Leading product design for a fintech solution — improving discoverability so customers can find and complete key flows more easily.
- Strengthening accessibility across the product so more users can use core features with confidence.
- Designing and shipping new features while refining the end-to-end experience.
- Partnering with product and engineering to turn opportunity areas into usable, launch-ready interfaces.
Senior UX Designer & Product Manager
Yourway Learning
- Directed product strategy and roadmap planning across cross-functional teams, aligning design, engineering, and business goals.
- Owned user research, wireframing, and prototyping to translate customer needs into validated product decisions.
- Authored PRDs and user stories for clear, actionable engineering handoff.
- Integrated agentic AI (Claude) into the design process to accelerate ideation, workflows, and product development.
Senior UX Designer II
Globant
- Fortnite (Epic Games, Oct 2022 – Jul 2025): redesigned the in-game Locker through research, journeys, and flows; prototyped in Figma and Unreal; playtested with UserTesting.
- 160 Drivers Academy (Dec 2021 – Oct 2022): led research, design system, Maze usability tests, and the design team in Agile.
Senior UX/UI Designer
Encora
- MiBanco (Apr 2021 – Jan 2022): research, journeys, personas, low-fi prototypes, and the company’s first design system plus DesignOps.
- eDoula, Amazon, and eWallet (Feb 2021 – Apr 2021): research, journeys, personas, and Maze usability testing across three concurrent projects.
Product Designer
Boken SAS
- Led UX for Notiplac — automotive loyalty and operations for after-sales service on mobile and web.
- Retention rose at least 7.5% for most clients (above a 2% target); car managers saved up to an hour a day.
Recommendations
Words from people I've worked with on LinkedIn.
About
I turn complex product problems into intuitive, production-ready digital experiences. With nearly 12 years across UX design, product strategy, and product management, I bridge design and engineering to take products from discovery to implementation. I combine deep UX expertise with hands-on development and agentic AI workflows to prototype faster, validate ideas, and ship better products for companies around the world.
Education
Bachelor's Degree, Interactive Media Design
Universidad ICESI · 2009 – 2014
Human interaction design with foundations in coding (Java, JavaScript, Processing, Swift) plus UX research, writing, and interface design.
Languages
- Spanish (Native)
- English (Advanced)
Certifications
- Unreal Engine: Foundation Course For UI Artists — Globant · 2024
- Video Game Design — Certification · 2023
- UX Writing — Certification · 2021
- Lean UX — Certification · 2020
Contact
Have a project or role in mind? Send a note — or reach me directly.
- davidobandoreyes@gmail.com
- Colombia